Billy Bean, among first pro athletes to come out, dies at 60

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Billy Bean, one of the first athletes in American team sports to come out as gay, died Tuesday, 11 months after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. He was 60.

An outfielder and first baseman who played in parts of six MLB seasons, Bean most recently served as the league's senior vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion and as special assistant to the co